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Finding-Aid for the Herschel Brickell Collection (MUM00043)

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Descriptive Summary
PURL:
http://purl.oclc.org/umarchives/MUM00043/
Creator:
Brickell, Herschel
Title:
Herschel Brickell Collection.
Inclusive Dates:
1911-1959
Materials in:
English
Quantity:
61 boxes.
Number:
MUM00043
Location:
D-9 & D-10 & D-11 (57 boxes) & G-9 (4 oversized boxes) & several unprocessed boxes at end of back aisle.
Repository :
The University of Mississippi
J.D. Williams Library
Department of Archives and Special Collections
P.O. Box 1848, University, MS 38677-1848, USA
Phone: 662.915.7408
Fax: 662.915.5734
E-Mail: archive@olemiss.edu
URL: https://www.olemiss.edu/depts/general_library/archives/
Cite as:
Herschel Brickell Collection (MUM00043). The Department of Archives and Special Collections, J.D. Williams Library, The University of Mississippi.

Biographical Note
Brickell was born in Senatobia, Mississippi and spent his early years in Yazoo City. He would go on to become a book columnist for New York's Evening Post and later a general editor of Henry Holt and Company Publishing House, He would rise to literary editor of the Post and later a general editor of the O. Henry Memorial Prize Short Stories.

Scope and Contents Note
Includes letters from Margaret Mitchell, Eudora Welty and other authors to Brickell, a literary agent. Typed inventory available (57 boxes).

Restrictions
Access Restrictions
Open.
Use Restriction
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